Example sentences of "and take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now fly up above the forest , and take on a human form . |
| 2 | And so therefore , as we did in our case , would like erm some indication o er of whether or not er he could and this was his suggestion er give up his current lease which runs out next year and take on a new lease with us for a period . |
| 3 | The wealth and power of the Victorian cities and the civic pride expressed in their impressive town halls , first enabled them to pioneer public services ; later it permitted them to build up teams of technical staff and take on a range of tasks of increasing complexity and sensitivity . |
| 4 | His account brings the whole city alive : the dry bones of the period are suddenly fleshed out and take on a recognizable human face . |
| 5 | His vision was starting to cloud over , and take on a red tinge . |
| 6 | There was nothing left now , but to grow old , but to grow old and take on the burden of her mother growing even older . |
| 7 | McIver ( 1987 ) describes that in retailing customers were persuaded to forgo the service provided by the friendly corner store and take on the labour of pushing trolleys around supermarkets because they made gains through cheaper prices and a wider choice of goods . |
| 8 | A company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( p 114 ) . |
| 9 | By the middle of next year the bank will move its head office into Poultry , and take on the heavy mantle of tradition . |
| 10 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that a company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( see Marshall v Industrial Systems and Control Ltd [ 1992 ] IRLR 294 ) . |
| 11 | He had been ready to defy the conventions and take on the world — and win ! he thought . |
| 12 | Exhibition fights can be arranged between any two boxers ( you can fight as any boxer in the league ) and take on the toughest or wimpish fighter . |
| 13 | If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more . |
| 14 | They identify with the global capitalist system , reconceptualize their several national interests in terms of the global system , and take on the political project of reconceptualizing the national interests of their co-nationals in terms of the global capitalist system . |
| 15 | Somebody could come along from outwith the region , or even from outwith Scotland or the United Kingdom , and take over a bus company . |
| 16 | You buy a franchise and take over a round . |
| 17 | Ben Gratzler was trained to drop behind enemy lines , kill the signalman , and take over the running of a foreign railway system without stopping for breath . |
| 18 | ‘ Let's all go to Burleigh Heads [ in Queensland ] and take over the place for their best month . |
| 19 | Clubs attempting to sack the professional and take over the shop to earn revenue can expect no support from those in the business . |
| 20 | On the burst of tumultuous applause that will erupt at the mere sight of me , I am to wiggle my way forward , hug Jim and take over the show . |
| 21 | One Reform rabbi , Jonathan Romain , describes them as ‘ the Jewish militant tendency ’ : ‘ They do jobs that no one else will do — as caretakers or teachers — and take over the synagogues through the back door . |
| 22 | He would go down to Nunes and take over the house . |
| 23 | He realised first that a muon in the vicinity of a hydrogen atom would orbit 207 times nearer to the central nucleus than would the electron , and so the muon would get inside the electron 's orbit and take over the electrical attraction of the proton ; it is an atomic ‘ excuse me ’ dance routine . |
| 24 | On Friday 2nd April at Lansdowne Football Club , Lansdowne Road , they take the wraps off the music of the night — and take over the entire Club in the process ! . |
| 25 | ‘ The Shiah , for example , or at least the ones in Iran , believe that the Twelfth Imam — who disappeared in mysterious circumstances over a thousand years ago — is going to come back with a huge army and take over the world . ’ |
| 26 | By filopodial extension and contraction the cells migrate , and take up a ring-like pattern of the wall of the embryo . |
| 27 | It is known that when a non-polar substance — that is , one which does not ionize like salts , acids and alkalis into positive and negative components — is dissolved in water , or a water/alcohol mixture , the water polymers surround the molecules of the dissolved material , and take up a shape known as the solvation cage , which is dependent on the shape of the starting material , but which also gives the least strain on the hydrogen bonds connecting the water molecules ( Figure 9 ) . |
| 28 | This could be exacerbated by considering the possibility , not as remote as it might seem , that either party to the above dispute between the convert to utilitarianism and the Samaritan might in fact be convinced by the other 's argument and take up a different moral stance . |
| 29 | It is merely my desire that you complete your studies and take up a form of employ that may be useful for my purposes at some time in the future . |
| 30 | During our discussion , you told me that you were about to leave the manager 's job at Athletico and take up a similar position with Ipswich Town . |